The chances of an umpiring error denying England's cricketers their million-dollar pay-day in Antigua on November 1 all but vanished last night when it was announced that the officials would be able to use TV replays to resolve any area of uncertainty, including contentious lbw decisions where the ball might have clipped the inside edge of the bat.

The move, instigated by the game's organisers "due to the magnitude of the money on offer", will mark a new stage in the often fraught relationship between cricket and technology and will be available for all six Twenty20 matches in the Stanford Super Series which also involves Middlesex and Trinidad & Tobago and culminates in England's $20m (£12m) match against the Stanford Superstars.

At present the on-field umpires can use technology only to settle run-out decisions, stumpings, catches and boundary incidents, although the International Cricket Council is experimenting with a system in Test cricket in which players can refer decisions to the TV umpire. Now, though, it will be the umpires alone, including the third official, who are able to intervene at any stage before the next ball has been bowled.

Mike Haysman, the Stanford 20/20 director of cricket, said: "Simply put, the umpires will control and officiate the game and the players will get on with playing. Stanford 20/20 feels this umpire referral process is the most practical means to eliminate obvious mistakes and we see it as the way forward."

The series umpires will be the Australians Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, Aleem Dar of Pakistan and Rudi Koertzen of South Africa. They will be assigned games by the New Zealand match referee Jeff Crowe.